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Writing Review Volume 5

Classrooms & writing teams · Hard · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review Writing & grammar through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Advanced Grammar, Rhetoric, Editing for Clarity, Research Writing, Writer's Toolbox. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Advanced Grammar

    This phrase begins with a verb ending in -ing and acts as a noun.

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    Gerund phrase

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  • Rhetoric

    This appeal relies on logic and evidence.

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    Logos

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  • Editing for Clarity

    This issue occurs when a sentence shifts from past to present without reason.

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    Verb tense shift

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  • Research Writing

    This section briefly states the purpose, methods, and findings of a paper.

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    Abstract

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  • Writer's Toolbox

    This technique uses a short sentence after longer ones for punch.

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    Sentence emphasis

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Advanced Grammar

$100 — This phrase begins with a verb ending in -ing and acts as a noun.
Gerund phrase
$200 — This phrase begins with 'to' plus a verb and can act as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
Infinitive phrase
$300 — This phrase includes a noun and a modifier but no finite verb.
Absolute phrase
$400 — This word group has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Dependent clause
$500 — This word group has a subject and verb and can stand alone as a sentence.
Independent clause

Rhetoric

$100 — This appeal relies on logic and evidence.
Logos
$200 — This appeal relies on the writer's credibility.
Ethos
$300 — This appeal relies on emotion.
Pathos
$400 — This rhetorical move asks a question for effect rather than an answer.
Rhetorical question
$500 — This repeated phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is called this.
Anaphora

Editing for Clarity

$100 — This issue occurs when a sentence shifts from past to present without reason.
Verb tense shift
$200 — This issue occurs when the subject and verb do not match in number.
Subject-verb disagreement
$300 — This issue occurs when list items do not share the same grammatical form.
Faulty parallelism
$400 — This issue occurs when a pronoun does not clearly match a noun.
Pronoun reference error
$500 — This issue occurs when a modifier is missing the word it is supposed to describe.
Dangling modifier

Research Writing

$100 — This section briefly states the purpose, methods, and findings of a paper.
Abstract
$200 — This section explains how the research was conducted.
Methodology
$300 — This section reviews existing scholarship on the topic.
Literature review
$400 — This section explains the significance of the findings.
Discussion
$500 — This is a short annotation that evaluates a source in a bibliography.
Annotated bibliography

Writer's Toolbox

$100 — This technique uses a short sentence after longer ones for punch.
Sentence emphasis
$200 — This technique begins with the most important idea and then adds support.
Inverted pyramid
$300 — This technique clarifies a vague noun by naming the specific person, place, or thing.
Specificity
$400 — This technique uses repeated structure to build momentum.
Rhythmic parallelism
$500 — This technique arranges words so meaning is unmistakable and the reader does not need to reread.
Syntactic clarity

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